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The Nintendo DS product line are the best-selling handheld consoles, selling 154.02 million units worldwide. The majority of sales came from the DS Lite at 93.86 million units. [5] A handheld game console is a lightweight device with a built-in screen, controls, speakers, [6] and has greater portability than a standard video game console. [2]
In 2007, it was reported by the British newspaper Financial Times that the Wii's sales surpassed those of the Xbox 360, which had been released one year previously, and became the market leader in worldwide home console sales for the generation. [74]
This is a list of best-selling game consoles by region. This page consists of countries in Asia, North America, Europe, and other regions, which all used different analog television color systems; these being NTSC , PAL and SECAM .
On January 24, 2007, Sony announced that PlayStation 3 would go on sale on March 23, 2007, in Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Africa and New Zealand. [8] [17] Its European launch price was €599 (€629 in Ireland, £425 in Britain), [56] R6499 minimum in South Africa, [57] AU$999.95 in Australia, NZ$1199.95 in New Zealand.
2007 saw many new installments in established video game franchises, such as Madden NFL 08, NBA Live 08, NBA 2K8, Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008, Super Mario Galaxy, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Halo 3, God of War II, Team Fortress 2, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, and ...
As of September 26, 2007, the Nintendo DS had sold over 50 million units and is therefore the fastest-selling handheld game console of all time. [69] On October 30, 2007, Chart-Track reported DS sales of over 4 million in the United Kingdom. [70] [71] In November 2007, Media Create reported DS sales of 20 million in Japan. [72] [73]
Minor hardware revisions include PSP-2000 in 2007, PSP-3000 in 2008. [3] Major hardware revisions include UMD drive-less PSP Go in 2009, wifi-connection-less PSP E1000 in 2011. [3] Its legacy is mixed; its sales are far more than any other non-Nintendo handheld, but its sales are just over half of its main competitor of the time, the Nintendo ...
As of March 31, 2007, a total of 1.24 billion copies of PlayStation 2 software had been shipped worldwide. [1] Between April 1, 2007, and March 31, 2012, an additional 297.5 million copies had been sold. [2] Note that since the former figure refers to shipments and the latter refers to sales, there may be overlap between the two figures.